MOSCOW, August 26. /TASS/. Russia is urging Israeli authorities to take urgent measures to prevent the further deterioration of the grave humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The diplomatic agency highlighted newly published data about record-high starvation in Gaza, showing the highest degree of the absence of food security. "Alarming estimates of the situation in Gaza made by senior UN representatives cannot but shock," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"The Russian side is calling on the Israeli authorities to take urgent measures in order to prevent it (the situation in Gaza - TASS) from worsening further, stop shelling attacks, restore unhindered humanitarian access, and ensure the delivery of necessary humanitarian aid, including food, to those in need," the ministry stated.
"According to current information, in the near future, member states of the UN Security Council plan to make another attempt to coordinate a draft decision on Gaza focusing on overcoming the humanitarian catastrophe. Moscow hopes that this time, such a document will be adopted," the agency said.
The ministry quoted UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres who called the situation in the Gaza Strip "the living hell" and reiterated Israel’s obligation as the occupying country to provide food products to residents.
